Donna sat up on her elbows as she scooted closer to Josh who was lying on his back against the pillows. Donna bounced her feet on the edge of the bed as she grinned at him.
"What?" He asked as he twisted a few strands of her hair around his finger.
"Nothing." She smiled wider.
"You're grinning at me. Why?"
"Maybe I just feel like grinning."
"Oh really? And why would you just feel like grinning." He asked as he scooted down the bed until his was lying on his stomach beside her.
"Oh I don't know. I guess I just grin after the best sex I've ever had."
"Best, huh?"
"Maybe." Josh rolled over on his back and placed his hands smugly behind his head.
"I aim to please."
"I thought I was the amazing one. That's what you kept saying, anyway." Josh reached out to run his hand down her bare back.
"Beyond amazing." He allowed his hand to trail down her back before gently patting her ass.
"Imagine how much fun we're going to have when we don't have my entire family upstairs."
"Unhindered Donnatella Moss. I may not live through it."
"You better."
"I'll do my best." He joked. Donna snuggled into his side as he pulled the blankets over them.
"We better get some sleep."
"I know, we've got to start going through your stuff tomorrow."
"Not tomorrow."
"Why? What are we doing tomorrow?"
"It's the day after Thanksgiving."
"So?"
"Sales."
"Huh?"
"We're going shopping."
"When you use the term 'we' do you mean me and you or do you mean you and the women folk?"
"Women folk? What are we, on the frontier?"
"You know what I mean."
"You don't have to go shopping. You can stay home with the men folk and plow the back forty or something."
"Thank God." Josh sighed as he tightened his arms around Donna.
"I better set the alarm. We'll want to get there early."
"How early is early?"
"We'll probably leave about five-thirty."
"Why?"
"To get the best deals."
"On what?"
"Christmas gifts. I've got a big family and a not-so-big salary. Maybe you should come. You need to shop for your mother." Josh groaned as Donna giggled.
"I have no idea what to get my mother for Hanukkah." Josh whined.
"Don't worry, I'll help you."
"You're taking my credit card again, aren't you?"
"Absolutely."
"Keep it under the national debt, okay?"
"Sure. Anything for you." She smiled as she playfully kissed his cheek.
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"Are we ready?" Donna asked the other occupants of Josh's SUV. She had convinced him that they might need the extra room for all the wonderful stuff they would buy. Josh rolled his eyes and handed over his keys and his credit card. Josh sat on the end of the couch and tried not to make too much noise while he read the paper. Ashley was still sound asleep on the opposite end. Donna kissed him on the cheek and followed the rest of the Moss women to the parking lot in front of the condo.
"You've had sex!" Mary accused.
"What?!" Donna screeched as she turned in her seat and then glanced at her mother.
"You and Josh finally did it! You did!" Mary clapped her hands while Jane laughed. Donna's eyes were wide and her mouth hung open as she looked at the two women in the back seat before turning to her mother.
"Mom, I….." Donna was mortified. She knew her mother knew she was by no means a virgin, but the thought of discussing her sex life in front of her mother was horrifying.
"It's obvious dear."
"What?!" Even she had to admit her voice was freakishly high on that one.
"You're practically glowing. Not to mention Josh was bouncing around like a pinball." Jane commented as Margie nodded in agreement. Donna turned in the seat and banged her head against the steering wheel.
"This is not happening."
"So was it good?" Mary asked while leaning forward in her seat.
"Mary!" Donna cried.
"By the smile on your face this morning at breakfast I'd say it was good."
"Mom!"
"Oh, grow up. We're all adults. How do you think you got here?"
"Oh God." Donna groaned as she backed the car out of the parking space.
"You sure you won't be too tired to shop?" Jane asked with a grin.
"Shut up."
"Did you get any sleep at all? I mean all that pent up sexual energy had to have been released some how." Mary added.
"Shut up."
"Well I didn't hear any moaning or screaming last night. Maybe it wasn't that good."
"We were being quiet." Donna defended herself and Josh. Mary caught her eye as she looked in the rearview mirror.
"So it 'was' good." Donna sighed realizing she wasn't getting out of this conversation. She glanced over at her mother's amused expression and decided 'what the hell'.
"It was amazing." The satisfied smile spread across her face as she added. "All three times."
"Oh my God!" Jane laughed.
"Congratulations!" Mary reached forward and patted Donna's shoulder.
"I'm surprised you can even walk much less shop."
"I can always shop."
"True. So let's get there!" The women all laughed as Donna pulled out of the complex, headed toward the mall.
Josh sorted through all the sections of the paper while he had the house relatively to himself. Ashley slept soundly on the other end of the couch while the rest of the Moss family men were still sleeping. Donna told him that only he was used to getting up at four thirty in the morning and hitting the ground running. As he found the national section of the paper he smiled at the memory of when Donna told him that bit of information. He was rinsing the shampoo from her hair as they showered together. That was an activity he would never tire of he was sure. He glanced at the clock on the cable box. It was 6:30 and he was about to bounce out of his skin. He skimmed over an op-ed piece but his mind couldn't really concentrate on the words. Images of Donna kept surfacing in his mind.
"Whatcha readin'?" Ashley asked in a rasping sleep laced voice.
"Nothing. What are you doing up?"
"You make too much noise." She pushed her tangled hair away from her face as she sat up on the couch.
"Sorry. Can you go back to sleep?" Ashley pulled her blankets with her as she slid down to Josh's end of the couch. She pushed his arm out of the way and made herself comfortable against his side.
"Momma and Grandma already gone?"
"They left about an hour ago." Josh rested his arm around her slender frame while he still held the paper. She had bundle herself in her blanket and her hair was falling in her face.
"That's President Bartlet." Ashley smiled as she pointed out the picture in the paper.
"Yes it is."
"Is he nice?"
"Very."
"Aunt Donna says he's the real thing."
"That he is. You hungry?"
"Uh-huh." Ashley nodded.
"Want to get some cereal?"
"Okay."
Ashley stood and with the blanket still around her led Josh into the kitchen. She pulled the milk from the refrigerator while Josh took two bowls from the cabinet.
"Fruit Loops?"
"Please." Josh smiled at her still sleepy face.
He sat the box on the bar in front of her and went to retrieve two spoons from the dishwasher.
"So what are your plans for the day?" Josh asked as he poured cereal in both their bowls.
"We're going to Gettyland. Aren't you coming?"
"What's Gettyland?"
"It's like an arcade. They have pizza and a salad bar in front and then games and bumper cars in the back."
"Sounds cool."
"Courtney's going with me." Ashley smiled through a mouth full of Fruit Loops.
"Who's Courtney?"
"My friend from school. She lives a few units down."
"Let me ask you something. Why does your family sleep over here when you live in town?"
"Because I like it. Most of the other kids get to spend the weekend with their grandparents. So Mom and Dad just pack some clothes in a suitcase and we stay Wednesday night through Saturday night. That way I get to see David and Kyle and Aunt Jane and Uncle Adam before they go back to Chicago. Now that Aunt Donna came home, I get to see her too."
Well, that sounds like a perfectly good explanation. Have you practiced your oral report?"
"I have to practice?"
"Sure. You want to be able to dazzle them with your oratory don't you?"
"Huh?"
"You don't want to start stuttering or anything do you?"
"No!"
"Alright then. When things settle down tonight, we can go over your report."
"Okay." Josh and Ashley ate their cereal in silence until Travis stumbled into the kitchen.
"Morning, sweetpea." He leaned over and gave Ashley a kiss on the top of her head. "The great Moss Shopping Brigade already gone?"
"They left about two hours ago."
"Crazy. I wouldn't get out in that mess for a million dollars."
"Donna was rather excited."
"I bet she was. Toad can bargain shop better than any of them."
"Why do you call her toad?" Travis laughed as he pulled some frozen waffles from the freezer.
"Cause when she was born she was all legs, lips and eyeballs."
"Daddy! Aunt Donna's beautiful!" Ashley pouted.
"Yeah, now." Travis poked her in the side causing her to giggle.
"That's going to be useful from now on." Josh laughed.
"Yeah, just watch your back."
"She talks to my mother just about every week. I need all the ammunition I can get."
"Oh, well then. Let's talk about Band Camp."
The two men laughed while Ashley promised to tell on them both as they swapped stories. Travis finally had to promise Ashley that she and Courtney could have an extra five dollars in tokens at Gettyland.